[Ducks eating my maze - how do I stop this?]

Thanks for all your help on this duck problem. I moved to a different spot on the lake that does not have as many ducks and chum when the duck are not around. The maze works great and I catch carp with the maze and not ducks. I want to thanks you guys for all the help. The next thing I am trying to do is make maze that does not smell so bad - my girlfriend hates the smell and I am going on a houseboat for a week - I posted for your help on how to make maze that does not smell so bad.

Jeff

[how do I make maze not smell so bad- Girlfriend Hates Smell- going fis]

I am going fishing next week on a house boat and want to know how to make the maze that does not smell so bad. I am going with my girlfriend and she will not let me touch her if I smell like the maze I have been making. I soak the maze for 24 hr then boil with 2 cups of sugar and after a few day it smell bad. I want to add something that will catch carp in Shasta lake in California and not smell so bad. What can I add to my maze and still get within 10 ft of my girlfriend. I am going to be fishing for a week and I am soaking the maze now - please help me - the bad smelling maze catches carp but I know I will hear about how bad I smell. I soak the maze for 24 hr in a 5 gal bucket then boil for 1 hr with 2 cups of sugar and it foams up and smell like Sh*t after a few day. Please help me I am soaking the maze now so I need your help before I boil the maze. I did learn how to do maze from CAG but know I need your help again. Thank you for all your help - you guys have helped me catch more carp.

Thanks

Jeff

[why did the maze turn the bucket black -]

Thanks for all your help - I did boil the maze last night. The bucket does not come clean even with bleach. I did not read about the mold and the fish are fine - this is a small lake and all is well. I did not boil the one bucket of maze = mold but the other bucket I did boil the maze and it had no mold - you guys know your stuff.

Jeff

[why did the maze turn the bucket black -]

I have been making maze in a 5 gallon buckets. One bucket is still ok and did not turn black but the other bucket is black and the corn smells bad - the other bucket smells but not as bad. I just added sugar and maze to both buckets. I am going to use the maze this Saturday and want to know what the black stain is on the inside of the bucket. I also can not get the smell off my hands after 1 shower and 3 times washing my hands - yikes this stuff is nasty. The next time I make maze I am not going to add sugar.

Thanks for your help

Jeff

[Ducks eating my maze - how do I stop this?]

I have a 10 acre lake by my house that is only 3 ft deep and only has one place to fish from shore. The 25 to 35 ducks are diving down and eating the maze. I add 2 cups of sugar to a 5 gallon bucket of maze and the duck love it . I was catching carp at this spot but now all the ducks are diving and I have been not caught one carp in 2 days. Can you add something to the maze that the ducks will not eat?

Thanks

Jeff

[How long to carp spawn - 1 week -2 -weeks.]

My local lake is 10 acres and about 6 ft deep - I think the carp are spawning - last week I caught 10lbs to 15 lbs carp and now all I am catching are small ones. I think they are spawning. How long do they spawn ?

Thanks

Jeff

[Sharks ad Rays 6/3/09]

do you do that on the rental skiffs?

No you have to go out 20 miles to get in the warm water. My fishing buddy has a boat. We grind up Mackrel and then freeze the chum in freezer bags and slowly chum the sharks in - we have caught up to 30 sharks in a day - top weight 150lbs for the blue sharks and we think the Maco shark was over 300lbs.

Jeff

[Sharks ad Rays 6/3/09]

Hey Justin - I love shark fishing - fast action and a good fight. We fish for Blue shark during Tuna season (Aug, Sept). We did have a 300lbs Mako hooked 3 yrs ago but with 50lbs test line and salmon reel it broke the line after 10 min. fight. Nice pics - that is a nice leopard shark. The rays are more fun to catch than the sharks - they fight well.

Jeff

Santa Cruz